CMS Berlin Cleaning. Management.Services. 2017 held from 19 to 22 September yet again provided a complete overview of products, systems and processes for the industry. For a whole week the attention of the cleaning world focused on Berlin. With the largest ever participation commercial cleaning market. 429 exhibitors from 24 countries occupied the 29,000 sq. m. of halls and outdoor display areas to present their current product ranges.

These included innovative cleaning machinery and equipment, technical refinements to existing products, cleaning and care agents as well as disinfectants. The laundry sector has also expanded, as have the software solutions for facility management.

The presentation of the CMS Purus Innovation Awards (PIA) and the premiere of the Mobility Cleaning Circle were particular highlights of the CMS supporting programme. For the first time the cleaning trade fair was being accompanied by the Congress of the World Federation of Building Service Contractors, WFBSC, 18-20 Sept., Hall 7.3). The main theme of the three-day conference was ‘Cleaning in a Digital World – Processes, People, Technology’. Dr. Christian Göke, CEO of Messe Berlin GmbH “The development of CMS Berlin has seen steady upward progress.

Taking all the relevant trade fair criteria into account this year the fair has undergone doubledigit expansion. With its combination of world congress, trade fair and networking events this year’s CMS has become a summit meeting for the global cleaning industry. The range offered by this year’s trade fair and conferences, and the record-breaking attendances, are the result of our strategy for this fair, to make CMS an international event and to establish it for the long term as the international platform for cleaning and hygiene specialists.”